Hat



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HAT

Original Filed Jan. 24, 1934 "Il l A 4 ,Z

Inventar FIG. 4. 55m/AMW 1 00,355,

Attorney Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE Continuationof application Serial No. 708,161,

January 24, 1934'. This application November 1. 1937, Serial No. 172,205

8 Claims.

My invention relates to hats, and particularly to means for the fittingand Ventilating of hats. This invention is an improvement of my UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 1,855,795 for Devices to facilitate theVentilating and fitting of hats and is a continuation of my abandonedapplication Serial No. 708,101 for Hats, filed January 24,

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hat which is somade that a portion of the lower portion of the crown may be readily andpermanently offset outwardly and held, or resiliently held, in suchshape, to form a vertical passage, for Ventilating the head, to form anopen space at the side of the head to relieve exterior pressure on theprincipal arteries and veins of the scalp, and to form a vresilienttake-up for readily decreasing or increasing the hat size.

Another object is to provide such a hat in which the above functions areperformed] by bendable and resilient stays or strands inserted or woveninto the material forming the crown of the hat, thus avoidingundesirable bulk, weight and unsightliness in such a hat.

A further object of this invention is to provide such means forperforming the above functions in a simple, economical, and efiicientmanner.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, I havedevised a hat or means of this class having certain novel features ofconstruction and combination of parts and portions as will behereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and tothe characters of reference thereon, which form a part of thisapplication, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a hat embodying my invention in onefo-rm, showing the appearance of the desired offset from the outside ofthe hat, and showing, by dotted lines, the stays or stands for formingand holding the offset;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on a reduced scale, of the crown, showing myinvention;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view thereof, taken through3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the outwardly bent portionof the cro-wn of the hat, showing the application of my invention to awoven or straw hat; and,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevation, similar to Fig. 2, showinga slightly modified form of construction.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawing.

In the embodiment of my invention, shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawing, the foregoing functions are performed by stays or strands I,which may be malleable but resilient metal wires positioned at the sidesand near the lower edge of the crown 2 of the hat 3, in verticallyspaced relation. It will be noted, however, that these stays may well bemade of other materials having the desired characteristics. In felt hatsthese wires may be fabricated in the felt, or secured together in suchspaced relation and then secured to the inside of the hat. In formingthe hat to shape, these stays or strands are bent outwardly 'to form theoffsets 4.

These offsets provide vertical passages between the head and hat forVentilating the head and hat.

These offset portions are also resilient, providing resilientcontraction, and permit diametrical enlargement, thereby providing a hatwhich may be made to fit various sizes of heads, and also the same headeither tightly or loosely.

My invention contemplates the employment of two of such outward offsetsin the crown of the hat, at the lateral sides thereof, as shown in Fig.2, so as to relieve pressure, exerted by the ordinary hat, on ythenerves and main blood arteries and veins supplying and iiowing from thetop of the head, and which feed the hair.

In Fig. `4 of the drawing I have shown the application of my inventionto a woven fabric or straw hat. In this instance the; stays are wovenunder or within the other strands which form. the hat, or they are woveninto the hat asA the strands themselves.

These stays or strands may be of short lengths or may entend completelyaround the crown lof the hat. Or the hat may be wholly made of materialhaving the aforementioned characteristics so that permanent offsets maybe made in the crown, as hereinbefore set forth.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, I have shown the stays, strands or ribsembodied in or in connection with the sweat band 5 of the hat to givethe lower portion of the crown the desired shape described above. Thesweat band may be secured to the crown by threads 6.

Though I have shown and described a particular constructionv andcombination of parts and portions, and certain modifications thereof, Ido not wish to be limited to this construction and combination, nor tothe modifications, but desire to includ-e in the scope of my inventionthe construction, combination, and arrangement substantially as setforth in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion andat the lower portion of the latter a plurality of bendable wire-likestays positioned horizontally and spaced vertically from each other, aportion of the crown, at which the stays are located, being offsetoutwardly by said stays, providing an opening between the head and thecrown.

2. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion andat the lower portion of the latter' a pluralityv of bendable andresilient wire-llke stays positioned horizontally and spaced verticallyfrom each other, a portion of the crown, at which the stays are located,being oiset outwardly and made resilient by said stays, providing anopening between the head and the crown and adapted to allow the crownresiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

3. In a means of the class described, a hat having at the lower portionof the crown thereof a plurality of bendable wire-like stays insertedhorizontally thereinto and vertically spaced from each other, a portionof the crown containing said stays being oiset outwardly, providing anopening between the head and the crown.

4. In a means of the class described, a hat having at the. lower portionof the crown thereof a plurality of bendable and resilient wire-likestays inserted horizontally thereinto and vertically spaced from eachother, a portion of the crown containing said stays being offsetoutwardly and resilient, providing an opening between the head and thecrown and adapted to allow the crown resiliently to be enlargeddiametrically.

5. In a means of the class described, a hat having at the lower portionof the crown thereof bendable wire-like stays Woven horizontallythereinto, a portion of the crown containing said stays being offsetoutwardly, providing an opening between the head and the crown.

6, A hat having a crown and having at the lower edge of the crown and asa homogeneous part of the hat material comprising the crown, arelatively stii outwardly bent portion, providing a passage between thehead of the wearer and the crown, said passage being open at the headside,

said offset portion and the portion adjacent thereto being resilient toallow the crown resiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

7. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion andimbedded at the lower portion of the latter a bendable wire-like staypositioned horizontally, a portion of the crown at which the stay islocated, being oiset outwardly by said stay, providing an openingbetween the head and the crown.

8. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion andimbedded at the lower portion of the latter a bendable and resilientwire-like stay positioned horizontally, a portion of the crown atwhichthe stay is located, being offset outwardly, and made resilient by saidstay, providing an opening between the head and the crown and adapted toallow the crown resiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

BENJAMIN L. DORSEY.

